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Seaton Sluice First School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–9 · Community school
Granville Avenue, Seaton Sluice, Whitley Bay NE26 4BX · seatonsluicesouth.northumberland.sch.uk · 0191 237 1839
On the mapSearch near NE26 4BX
Overview
- Ofsted
- No overall grade
- 2019 framework · inspected Mar 2025
- Demand for places
- 1.1
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 187
- 98% of 190 places
- Local authority
- Northumberland
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 8.8%
- First language not English
- 0.5%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 30 families put the school first and 27 places were offered; 90% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 27 | 30 | 1.1▲ | 90% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 24 | 22 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 27 | 29 | 1.1▲ | 90% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 30 | 29 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 29 | 26 | 0.9 | 92% |
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Seaton Sluice First School on 4 March 2025 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.
- Overall
- No overall grade
- Inspected
- 4 Mar 2025
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Early years | Good |
Previously: Remains Good, ungraded inspection, Nov 2019
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Nov 2019Ungraded inspectionRemains Good
Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Oct 2010Good
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Jan 2008Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good
What parents said
92% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (84 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 92%
- Replies
- 84
- 45% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 60% who raised concerns
based on the 15% who had a child bullied
based on 22 parents (26%) with SEND